Central Kitchen Pastry Lead — High-Volume Production

Easy and fast to upload your CV; Dubai; On-site; AED 279,000 - 446,400; Full time

Job summary

Easy and fast to upload your CV is seeking an experienced Pastry Production Lead to manage daily high-volume bakery operations in a central kitchen serving multiple outlets in Dubai.

You will plan production, scale recipes, supervise the pastry team, ensure HACCP compliance, cost control, and roll out new products across outlets. UAE municipality standards apply; candidate must have Dubai Municipality PIC certification.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in pastry with central kitchen/high-volume production experience.
• Strong batch production and recipe scaling skills.
• Culinary/pastry qualification.
• Dubai Municipality PIC / food safety certification or capable of obtaining it.
• Cost control, yields and cold-chain knowledge.
• Willing to work in a fast-paced, temperature-controlled environment; shifts may vary.
• UAE experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Plan and execute daily/weekly production schedules based on outlet orders and forecasts.
• Produce full pastry range at volume: viennoiserie, laminated dough, cakes, desserts, breads.
• Scale recipes accurately; maintain standardized recipes, gram-weight specs and yields.
• Operate central-kitchen equipment: ovens, sheeters/m laminators, mixers, blast chillers, tempering machines.
• Guarantee identical product quality across batches and outlets.
• Enforce portioning and packaging standards.
• Maintain hygiene, HACCP-based food safety and traceability.
• Manage stock, purchasing, receiving and inventory rotation.
• Supervise and train pastry team; schedule and monitor productivity.
• Develop and standardize new products for central production.

Skills

Team leadership

Production planning

Quality control

Cost control

Food safety awareness

Education

Culinary/pastry qualification

Job description

Easy and fast to upload your CV is seeking an experienced Pastry Production Lead to manage daily high-volume bakery operations in a central kitchen serving multiple outlets in Dubai.

You will plan production, scale recipes, supervise the pastry team, ensure HACCP compliance, cost control, and roll out new products across outlets. UAE municipality standards apply; candidate must have Dubai Municipality PIC certification.